A man on a thousand mile walk has to forget his goal and say to himself every morning, ‘Today I’m going to cover twenty-five miles and then rest up and sleep.
LEO TOLSTOYEveryone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
More Leo Tolstoy Quotes
-
-
It is easier to produce ten volumes of philosophical writings than to put one principle into practice.
LEO TOLSTOY -
If everyone fought for their own convictions there would be no war.
LEO TOLSTOY -
Life did not stop, and one had to live.
LEO TOLSTOY -
What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness.
LEO TOLSTOY -
If you love me as you say you do, she whispered, ‘make it so that I am at peace.
LEO TOLSTOY -
Grow spiritually and help others to do so. It is the meaning of life.
LEO TOLSTOY -
Seize the moments of happiness, love and be loved! That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly. It is the one thing we are interested in here.
LEO TOLSTOY -
Which is worse? the wolf who cries before eating the lamb or the wolf who does not.
LEO TOLSTOY -
I simply want to live; to cause no evil to anyone but myself.
LEO TOLSTOY -
Love those you hate you.
LEO TOLSTOY -
A man is like a fraction whose numerator is what he is and whose denominator is what he thinks of himself. The larger the denominator, the smaller the fraction.
LEO TOLSTOY -
It’s all God’s will: you can die in your sleep, and God can spare you in battle.
LEO TOLSTOY -
The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.
LEO TOLSTOY -
Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them.
LEO TOLSTOY -
Faith is the force of life.
LEO TOLSTOY







